"Drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks including Afropessimism and Black Moralism, Deathlife uses Hip Hop to explore the ways in which Blackness serves as a framework defining and guiding the relationship between life and death in the United States. Anthony B. Pinn argues that white supr...

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1. Verfasser:	Pinn, Anthony B. 1964- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Durham ; London Duke University Press 2024
Schlagworte:	Hip-Hop Tod > Motiv Schwarze USA Rap (Music) / Religious aspects Rap (Music) / Social aspects Hip-hop / Influence African Americans / Songs and music / Social aspects African Americans / Race identity Death in music Life Noirs américains / Chants et musique / Aspect social Noirs américains / Identité ethnique Mort dans la musique SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop
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Zusammenfassung:	"Drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks including Afropessimism and Black Moralism, Deathlife uses Hip Hop to explore the ways in which Blackness serves as a framework defining and guiding the relationship between life and death in the United States. Anthony B. Pinn argues that white supremacy and white privilege operate based on the ability to distinguish death and life-to bracket off death for the sake of life. And this ability is produced and safeguarded through the construction of Blackness as death. Over against this effort to distinguish life and death, what hip hop demonstrates is the manner in which death and life are interconnected and dependent in such a way as to render them indistinguishable. Drawing on artists like Kendrick Lamar, Tyler the Creator, and Jay-Z, Deathlife argues that hip hop recognizes this dependency and explores its nature and meaning"--
Beschreibung:	229 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:	9781478025412 9781478020608